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> By about half way down they gave up all pretence and started arguing that Pao's case was valid/accurate even if the jury disagreed. So what? The reporter isn
by kenko 12y ago
> By about half way down they gave up all pretence and started arguing that Pao's case was valid/accurate even if the jury disagreed.
So what? The reporter isn't obligated to think the jury was correct.
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- bmelton 12y agoWell, I don't see anywhere in the article that flags it as an opinion piece. The reporter has a right to his opinion. The jury has a right to theirs. We have a right to ours. None of that excuses opinion journalism masquerading as journalism.
- eropple 12y agoLiterally all journalism is opinion journalism. There's no unbiased way to record any story where the word "why" must at any point be asked. The desire of some well-meaning but foolish people to hold journalism to that standard gives cover to the ones who will adopt that cloak of impartiality and use it to lie to you.
- nazgul 12y agoThe goal of journalism is impartiality. And most good journalism comes as close as it can come. This article is not an example of that.
- eropple 12y agoWhat? The goal of journalism according to whom? Because Tom Wolfe--from whom a very large chunk of modern journalists can be said to descend--would laugh at that notion. There's also the natural fallout of "impartial journalism" having that imprint; Chomsky and others have noted that it leads to a massive endorsement of moneyed and powerful parties in most cases at which you'll point. Which may be fine for you, but certainly not me.
- bmelton 12y agoI dunno. According to Wikipedia: Thomas Kennerly "Tom" Wolfe, Jr. (born March 2, 1931)[1] is an American author and journalist, best known for his association and influence over the New Journalism literary movement in which literary techniques are used in objective even-handed journalism. The term "objective even-handed journalism" is a link to another Wikipedia article, which begins: Journalistic objectivity is a significant principle of journalistic professionalism. Journalistic objectivity can refer to fairness, disinterestedness, factuality, and nonpartisanship, but most often encompasses all of these qualities. Looking over this, it seems that he editorialized and opined on a great many subjects, but those appear at least to have been contained to essays, novels and opinion pieces. I'll freely confess not knowing the man, or his work, and only know what's contained in and linked from the Wiki articles, so please correct me if I'm wrong, but to the idea that he would laugh at journalistic objectivity seems off to me, from what I'm reading.